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Bishop with bad feeling about scripture (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bible

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'scripture' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'bishop with bad feeling about' is the wordplay.
'bishop with' becomes 'b' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bad feeling' becomes 'bile' (bile can mean bitterness or bad feeling).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'b' put within 'bile' is 'BIBLE'.

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(Other definitions for bible that I've seen before include "Book regarded as the ultimate authority on its subject" , "Holy Writ" , "Authoritative source" , "Holy books" , "Christian holy book" .)

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